The Answer: Turning $2 into thousands?
RADIO, AND SET IN-STORE TV WALLS TO A STATIC IMAGE. SAID THEY LEARNED ABOUT THE BENEFITS DURING A BACK-TO-SCHOOL SHOPPING. TWO DOLLARS AND THOUSANDS? TWO DOLLAR BILLS. APPARENTLY THEY ARE GOING FOR BIG BUCKS ON THE AUCTION BLOCK. HOW MUCH AND WHY WERE THEY MADE IN THE FIRST PLACE? HERE IS THE ANSWER. Reporter: AT A TIME WHEN CASH IS NO LONGER KING, ONE BILL IS STILL TOP DOLLAR. THE TWO DOLLAR BILL. BUT WHY? WHAT IS THE HISTORY BEHIND IT? THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FIRST ISSUED WHAT IT CALLED TWO DOLLAR NOTES WAY BACK IN 1862. FEATURING PICTURE OF ALEXANDER
HAMILTON. THE GOVERNMENT EVENTUALLY REPLACED HAMILTON WITH JEFFERSON AND PUT HIS VIRGINIA HOME ON THE BACK. BUT THE BILL WAS SLOW TO CATCH ON. BACK THEN PEOPLE ONLY MADE ABOUT $15 A MONTH SO THEY MOSTLY DEALT IN COINS, THE SAME WAS TRUE DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION WHEN MOST THINGS COST LESS THAN A DOLLAR. SO MOST PAPER MONEY WAS IMPRACTICAL. IF THAT WEREN’T BAD ENOUGH THE TWO DOLLAR BILL EVENTUALLY GREW TO HAVE A BAD REPUTATION. SOME BELIEVED WHILE — BUT THAT WAS ALSO THOUGHT TO BE A NAME FOR THE DEVIL. SO BEING SEEN WITH THE TWO DOLLAR
BILL WAS FROWNED UPON. THE FED EVENTUALLY TOOK THE BILLS OUT OF CIRCULATION. THEY TRIED TO BRING IT BACK TO CELEBRATE THE BICENTENNIAL IN 1976 BUT IT WAS QUITE THE OPPOSITE. MOST PEOPLE
